Sunday morning I had breakfast with my friend at the hotel and then we said our goodbyes. She had a driver taking her home and I had Richard of Richard’s Taxi Service taking me to Dover. It had started to drizzle as we left the hotel and along the way it became a veritable deluge. I sat in the front seat with Richard and we had a nice chat on our close to two hour drive. Traffic was so-so and the time passed quickly.
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| Dover Castle |
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| White Cliffs of Dover (not quite as sunny as the one I put as a header) |
Embarkation was quick and painless. My cabin was ready, the same kind I had last cruise, and after dropping off my carryon I headed to lunch in the Colonnade. It was crowded! Perhaps it was because there were lots of us new folks boarding at around the same time and perhaps it was compounded by the fact that the people staying on didn’t want to do much ashore in the deluge, but the place was packed and the service was spotty. While I was looking at the buffet I ran into four people I knew from previous cruises. That was nice and it will be fun catching up with them.
After lunch I went to my cabin and found my suitcases waiting so I unpacked and stowed everything away. This cabin has lots of storage space. It’s obligatory that everyone watch the safety video (I let it play while I unpacked) and then I had to go and have my card scanned at my muster station. After that I called my friend from the Antarctica cruise and we met in Seabourn Square and talked about our plans for the next few days.
Dinner was uneventful and tasty. I didn’t check the time , but I know we left a little late. Since we had such a short distance to travel tonight it wasn’t a problem. Onward to Normandy
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